Backend Engineer - Memberships

About the Opportunity

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain backend services with the support of your teammates.
• Contribute to the delivery of customer-facing features by implementing well-scoped technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, team discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions while continuously learning from your peers.
• Troubleshoot production issues, improve system reliability, and contribute to operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.
• Continuously improve your engineering skills by learning new technologies, tools, and best practices.

What you need to be successful

• Experience building backend applications using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Understanding of backend software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, databases, and distributed systems concepts.
• Familiarity with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

• Good understanding of software engineering principles and clean coding practices.
• Familiarity with microservices or service-oriented architectures.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms and modern development practices, preferably AWS.
• Motivation to write reliable, well-tested, and maintainable code.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

• Curious, eager to learn, and proactive in seeking feedback and improving your skills.
• Collaborative team player who enjoys solving problems with others.
• Takes ownership of assigned work and follows through on commitments.
• Appreciates the importance of security, quality, and reliability in software development.
• Open to giving and receiving constructive feedback as part of a healthy engineering culture.

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation. 
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.    
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.  
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, experiences, and backgrounds. 
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.